tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post112190093935056317..comments2023-08-25T03:21:41.842-07:00Comments on The Petch House: Got LuckyGreghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02807710209656158413noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-19068541718207431412010-12-04T05:15:57.719-08:002010-12-04T05:15:57.719-08:00A family bought a 1900 house in my neighborhood wi...A family bought a 1900 house in my neighborhood with a slate roof. One morning I was driving by, and half the roof was ripped off, and a crew of worker drones was ripping off the rest. Tossing it down 2-3 stories to a pile where it broke. NOT even trying to salvage.<br />The next day, the wood got covered in vinyl, and then the windows replaced.<br /><br />Two doors down, the same story.<br /><br />I am just _about_ ready to make a sales flyer. Actually, an UNsales flyer. To stick in the doors of every house that hasn't been destroyed yet. I mean, there are sales people from the roofing/siding/window companies telling these people a load of @%#. I need my own propaganda campaign.<br /><br />A replacement window salesman even came to our house about a year ago. I wish I'd been here. He tried to tell my husband that our 120 year old windows were badly in need of replacement. My husband explained that they were fine, but the replacement windows that a po put in 40 years ago (in just the kitchen, thank god) were moldy and leaky, so we definitely did not want to take out any more original windows. "Ah," said the salesman, "but what kind of replacement windows are they?" thinking he could still somehow talk us into buying his product. "Andersen" dh replied. It was an Andersen salesman. He left.slateberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103647633823180128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-1121907103832776812005-07-20T17:51:00.000-07:002005-07-20T17:51:00.000-07:00I wish I had the original windows for our house. T...I wish I had the original windows for our house. The chance of finding salvage ones that would fit are pretty slim. So many houses in our neighbourhood have been stuccoed over cedar siding, and have aluminum/vinyl windows. That's a good find for you, almost the same vintage of glass.Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14134900860188022345noreply@blogger.com